June 2015 - The Meritocracy Party

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Culture, Economy, Politics June 27, 2015

Nazar Aljassar on Inheritance

“Property rights should extend only to one’s lifetime.”

The Background

Time for a new role?

FAQ

Loopholes can be closed. It should be a crime for one family to accumulate dangerous…

Politicians don't have merit as leaders because they don't care about you and don't act…

The threat of your kids being disadvantaged might motivate you to work, but this kind…

"[If you are asking this question,] then you are plainly not a meritocrat. The Society…

Is this another one of those situations where the husband owns 100% of the family's…

What kind of sick society considers destroying the earth good for the economy? Can you…

Do you really think meritocrats would have started the Iraq War? Almost every single independent…

Aren't the meritorious already running society? Politicians don't have merit as leaders because they don't…

The simple fact is, we don't have the power to vote for these things. Even…

Over the long course of history, power has been transferred away from the dictators and…

The typical super-rich man has no interest in helping the public and no ability to…

Research has shown that workers threatened by poverty are less creative, less engaged, and achieve…

Charlatans use the promise of utopia to fool people. But Meritocracy is not a utopian…

In a community based on equal opportunities, no family would show disrespect to other families…

The freedoms we currently enjoy came about because good people stood up and created better…

When it comes to freedom and liberty there are two versions. There is on the…

A psychopath who knows how to lie, bully, and con people is not meritorious under…

What system would you design to find the most meritorious CEO to replace you? Why…

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Nazar Aljassar on Inheritance

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FAQ

Can't unscrupulous parents just give wealth to their kids before death, avoiding the inheritance tax? How will meritocracy handle legal loopholes?

Aren't the meritorious already running society?

Won't preventing inheritance undermine people's work ethic when parents are no longer able to save up for their kids?

Isn't it a parent's responsibility and natural instinct to leave as much wealth and possessions to their children as they can?

What about when a spouse dies? Are you going to kick the family out of the house?

Won't ending environmental destruction harm the economy?

What if the government just wastes all the revenue from inheritance tax on pointless wars?

Meritocracy FAQ

If we want better government, why don't we just vote for better schools, honest media, more effective healthcare, etc.?

Isn't it inevitable that the super-rich will ruin Meritocracy like they ruined democracy?

Won't Meritocracy lose out on all the philanthropy that powerful men provide?

If people aren't afraid of falling into poverty, what will stop them from slacking off and letting the economy suffer?

How does Meritocracy differ from all the other utopian schemes that were dangerous and harmful?

Why should I have to pay for the kids of failed parents?

Doesn't government always make things worse?

Isn't this just totalitarianism? 100% Inheritance tax infringes on my freedom.

Does a Goldman Sachs trader who worked his way up from nothing, without ever getting parental help, count as meritorious?

What if I want to pass my business on to my son whom I've trained from birth to run it?

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